New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Playfully tap on the nose BOOP
Step after lather RINSE
Throw a ball for a strike, say BOWL
FAKE PHONY
Like helium and carbon dioxide COLORLESS
Sealed with a knot TIEDOFF
Was known as WENTBY
Instrument that Hermes made from a tortoise shell and reeds, in myth LYRE
“I haven’t the foggiest” NOCLUE
Secrecy-enforcing contract, for short NDA
Get into it SPAR
Indication of correctness in Wordle GREEN
DID IN ICED
KID RIB
EDIBLE SEAWEED KELP
IMITATED APED
BESEECHED ASKED
HOOTER OWL
Bay Area sch. UCSF
“Steamed ___,” classic “Simpsons” sketch HAMS
You might entertain them IDEAS
Eponym of a popular vodka brand TITO
“Cancel” on a keyboard ESC
Classic “Simpsons” sound DOH
Second social media account for posting private jokes and such, informally FINSTA
A well-known Stone EMMA
Following 17-, 37-, 40- and 43-Across, end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics FURIOUSLY
Parental authority SAYSO
Parents, to kids OLDS
Airer of many David Attenborough documentaries BBC
On vacation, in work calendar shorthand OOO
They’re up to no good PLOTTERS
Number two of six for Henry VIII BOLEYN
D&D or WoW, e.g. RPG
This is how rumors get started IHEAR
What “:” might represent in a text EYES
Chimney vents FLUES
RUCKUS ADO
TALK, TALK, TALK YAP
CHEW ON MULL
DWELLINGS ABODES
VAULTED LEAPT
NUDGE PROD
ACHE YEN
BIG BOSS, INFORMALLY CEO
PLAINS PEOPLE CREES
Past one’s prime, with “up” WASHED
Westernmost city in Texas ELPASO
So-named “father of modern linguistics” NOAMCHOMSKY
Nash who called the rhinoceros “prepoceros” OGDEN
“You’ve got my attention” DOTELL
“OK, so that’s not exactly true” ILIED
Doomscrolling, e.g. TIMESUCK
West Coast hub for United SFO
Unrehearsed lines ADLIBS
“___ From the Crypt,” HBO horror anthology TALES
Midflight stats ETAS
Butte, but bigger MESA
On the off chance that happens IFSO
“___ Drives Me Crazy” (1989 #1 hit) SHE
Alternating current pioneer TESLA
Golf ball features DIMPLES
Big batteries DCELLS
ONE GUILTY OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT? SLOB
SMOOTHIE SEED CHIA
PLAINS PEOPLE OTOE
RECHARGE, SO TO SPEAK SLEEP
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON MALE
MEANINGLESS NONSENSICAL
SPANISH SMOOCH BESO
QUICK CUT SNIP
LET IT ALL OUT, IN A WAY SOB
SUNBURN SOOTHER ALOE
SYMBOLS OF EGYPTIAN ROYALTY ASPS
OBJECT OF WISHFUL THINKING? GENIE
Intl. price-setting group OPEC
HINDU MR. BABU
TEENY-WEENY LIL